RecordWeek 20 of 2017 (15–21 May)Outbreaks

India: 11 acute diarrhoeal disease outbreaks in week 20 of 2017, the most since week 42 of 2016.

UnusualStrength 0.5 of 10Detected 3 Oct 2026, 21:32 IST

What happened

Week 20 of 2017: 11
2016-W42: 14

Why it matters

A record says how long it has been since the series was this high or this low. It puts a single value in the context of the whole published history.

For acute diarrhoeal disease outbreaks, neither a rise nor a fall is better in itself, so the observatory marks this movement as unusual rather than good or bad.

Historical context

29 consecutive earlier weeks were lower. It extends a run of new highests that began earlier.

Full history of acute diarrhoeal disease outbreaks in India

The underlying data

The stored observations this signal was computed from. Each opens its release.

Period	Value	Release	Where in the document
Week 20 of 2017	11	IDSP weekly outbreak report, 2017 week 20 (2017-05-15 to 2017-05-21)	IDSP weekly outbreak report 2017-W20, count over 11 rows for all States/UTs: p.3 AS/KRG/2017/20/0705, p.4 CT/KAW/2017/20/0710, p.4 KN/CKR/2017/20/0715, p.5 MH/JGA/2017/20/0717, p.5 MH/WDH/2017/20/0718, p.5 MP/KHR/2017/20/0720, p.6 MN/CDL/2017/20/0721, p.7 RJ/CHU/2017/20/0727, p.7 TN/VIR/2017/20/0730, p.7 TL/ADL/2017/20/0731, p.10 UP/CKH/2017/20/0746
Week 42 of 2016	14	IDSP weekly outbreak report, 2016 week 42 (2016-10-17 to 2016-10-23)	IDSP weekly outbreak report 2016-W42, count over 14 rows for all States/UTs: p.2 BH/DBA/2016/42/2399, p.2 BH/DBA/2016/42/2400, p.2 BH/DBA/2016/42/2401, p.2 BH/KTH/2016/42/2402, p.3 CT/BLD/2016/42/2403, p.4 KL/ERN/2016/42/2410, p.5 KL/WYN/2016/42/2412, p.5 MH/KOP/2016/42/2414, p.6 OR/GJM/2016/42/2415, p.6 TN/MDR/2016/42/2416, p.8 CT/GID/2016/42/2423, p.8 GJ/GAN/2016/42/2424, p.9 UP/CKH/2016/42/2430, p.10 UP/CKH/2016/42/2431

Source and method

Publisher: Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, National Centre for Disease Control, MoHFW
Release: IDSP weekly outbreak report, 2017 week 20 (2017-05-15 to 2017-05-21)Archived file Original URLFirst seen 3 Oct 2026
Method: How a record signal is computedHow acute diarrhoeal disease outbreaks is measured

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Cite this

According to the India Health Observatory, India: 11 acute diarrhoeal disease outbreaks in week 20 of 2017, the most since week 42 of 2016. Source: Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, National Centre for Disease Control, MoHFW, IDSP weekly outbreak report, 2017 week 20 (2017-05-15 to 2017-05-21). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/acute-diarrhoeal-disease-outbreaks--india--2017-w20--record